Tiny Brain, Big Ideas: Bumblebees Can Problem Solve

Bumblebees Can Plan Ahead. No One Expected That. A new study published in Science reveals that bumblebees can solve problems they were never trained for — a cognitive feat once thought exclusive to apes and elephants. A bumblebee looking at a white board problem...

SoCal’s Hybrid Bees Can Fight Off Deadly Mites

April 2026 SoCal’s Hybrid Bees Can Fight Off Deadly Mites A UC Riverside study finds that a genetically unique honeybee population in Southern California suppresses Varroa mites at rates no commercial breed has ever matched. A Southern California hybrid honeybee...